High School: Prepped at Saginaw Heritage High School...Played three years of varsity basketball...Was team captain and earned team's most improved honors her junior year...Named to Township Times Dream Team and Class A All-Area Team as a junior...Earned Saginaw Valley Conference Second Team honors...Was a two-time Scholar Athlete...Rated the #17 player in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press and was a Wendy's Heisman Award nominee...Also ran track for three years...Qualified for the state meet on the 400, 800, and 1,600 meter relay teams....Member of student council, S.A.D.D., H.Y.P.E., National Honor Society, L.I.F.T., and Peer Counseling.

Personal: Daughter of Ray and Marie Van Tiflin.